Mexico and France announced Friday a new phase in their strategic alliance to boost trade, investment and scientific, cultural and diplomatic cooperation, during the France's head of state first official visit to Mexico.

Officials say a local man on France's Atlantic island of Oleron shouted "God is the greatest" in Arabic as he was arrested after allegedly ramming pedestrians in a car.

A French man rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on Oleron island off France's Atlantic coast on Wednesday, injuring five people and shouting "Allahu Akbar" when arrested by police, officials said.

A man shouted "allahu akbar" after he plowed into pedestrians and cyclists on the French island of Île d’Oléron, off the Atlantic coast, according to local prosecutors. The French interior minister Laurent Nunez said in a post on X that two victims are in critical condition and another three are injured. The suspect is in custody, he added.

A man earlier this year discovered a gold treasure worth $800,000 while digging a swimming pool in his garden in France, local officials have said.

The driver who rammed his car into a crowd in western France is suspected of "self-radicalisation" and had "explicit religious references" at home, the country's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Thursday.

Shein said that it has banned all sex-doll products, and temporarily removed its adult products category for review.

France has advised its citizens in Mali to leave as soon as possible, as Islamist insurgents continue their blockade of the country. The French foreign ministry advised citizens to depart on commercial flights while they are still available, and to avoid overland travel.

The Springboks will visit France in Saint-Denis on Saturday for the first time since edging the hosts 29-28 in the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.

The French government has said it will suspend Shein’s right to operate in the country after prosecutors opened investigations into childlike sex dolls being sold on the fast-fashion retailer’s third-party marketplace.

Former NBA star Tony Parker will start his coaching career in charge of France’s Under-17 team, the French basketball federation said Friday.